NYSE Euronext Marks Second Year as Only Carbon-Neutral Global Exchange Operator
21 Agosto 2012 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
NYSE Euronext (NYX) announced today that it has achieved
carbon-neutral status for the second year in a row, again making it
the only global exchange operator to do so. NYSE Euronext earned
the distinction through company-wide energy efficiency measures as
well as the purchase of renewable energy credits (RECs) and carbon
offsets (COs).
“Achieving carbon-neutral status for a second year means we are
delivering on our commitment to run our business as efficiently as
possible and protect the global environment in which we operate,”
said Duncan L. Niederauer, CEO of NYSE Euronext. “These programs to
mitigate our carbon impact and reduce our energy usage are a key
component of our responsibility to our worldwide community.”
Contributing to NYSE Euronext’s carbon-neutral status in 2011
were such initiatives as the consolidation of its global data
centers and its continued energy-efficiency evaluation and upgrade
program, which included the installation of energy-efficient
lighting fixtures and motion sensors.
This year’s REC and CO purchases also helped make NYSE Euronext
carbon-neutral for 2011. The company was also carbon neutral in
2010. The RECs, which are Green-e certified, and COs, which are
Climate Action Reserve (CAR) Verified, are purchased retroactively;
so that the company can measure how much energy was used and
purchase the appropriate amount of certificates and offsets to
match it.
National energy-efficiency and sustainability consulting firm
CodeGreen Solutions brokered NYSE Euronext’s REC and CO purchases.
The RECs, purchased from Green Mountain Energy Company (a wholly
owned subsidiary of NRG Energy (NYSE: NRG)), match the company’s
electricity usage during 2011. Each REC represents the generation
of one megawatt-hour of electricity from 100-percent U.S. wind
power. The carbon offsets, purchased from 3Degrees, a recognized
leader in the field, represent one metric ton of carbon
dioxide-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions reduced or avoided and
match the carbon emissions resulting from NYSE Euronext fuel
consumption, fugitive emissions, and corporate travel.
NYSE Euronext’s green-power and carbon-balancing commitment help
avoid an estimated 79,250 metric tons of CO2 greenhouse gas
emissions. Using calculations from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator, this
amount is equivalent to the CO2 emissions generated from burning
184,302 barrels of oil, or the emissions from the use of
electricity at 9,882 average homes, or the carbon absorbed annually
by 16,898 acres of pine or fir forests, or the annual greenhouse
gas emissions of 15,539 passenger vehicles.
In September 2011, NYSE Euronext was named for a second
consecutive year to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the
Carbon Disclosure Project’s S&P 500 Leadership Index. The
company’s scores in both indexes improved year-over-year, as
detailed in this press release. In addition, this video describes
NYSE Euronext’s various environmental-sustainability programs.
About NYSE Euronext
NYSE Euronext (NYX) is a leading global operator of financial
markets and provider of innovative trading technologies. The
company's exchanges in Europe and the United States trade equities,
futures, options, fixed-income and exchange-traded products. With
approximately 8,000 listed issues (excluding European Structured
Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets - the New York Stock
Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE MKT, NYSE Alternext and NYSE Arca -
represent one-third of the world’s equities trading, the most
liquidity of any global exchange group. NYSE Euronext also operates
NYSE Liffe, one of the leading European derivatives businesses and
the world's second-largest derivatives business by value of
trading. The company offers comprehensive commercial technology,
connectivity and market data products and services through NYSE
Technologies. NYSE Euronext is in the S&P 500 index. For more
information, please visit: http://www.nyx.com.
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